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Polypharmacy and malnutrition

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 2013
Malnutrition and polypharmacy increase with age and polymorbidity and their relationship is based on a number of mechanisms. The occurrence of malnutrition in both in-patients and out-patients and its dependence on polymorbidity and age are well known, but the interrelation of polypharmacy and malnutrition has been far less investigated.
Zdenek, Zadak   +3 more
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Malnutrition and undernutrition

Medicine, 2003
Abstract Malnutrition generally implies undernutrition and refers to all deviations from adequate and optimal nutritional status in infants, children and in adults. In children, undernutrition manifests as underweight and stunting (short stature), while severely undernourished children present with the symptoms and signs that characterize conditions ...
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Nutriepigenomics and Malnutrition

Epigenomics, 2017
Epigenetics is defined as the modulation of gene expression without changes to the underlying DNA sequence. Epigenetic alterations, as a consequence of in utero malnutrition, may play a role in susceptibility to develop adulthood diseases and inheritance.
Arnaud, de Luca   +5 more
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Kwashiorkor and Malnutrition

Acta Paediatrica, 1955
SummaryThe term malnutrition, as it is used in English, is not sufficiently specific, in our opinion, to be used for the disease we prefer to call “kwashiorkor”.Kwashiorkor et « malnutrition ».Il semble aux auteurs que le terme de « malnutrition », utilisé dans la langue anglaise, ne soit pas suffisamment spécifique de la maladie, et ils préfèrent ...
H C, TROWELL, J N, DAVIES, R F, DEAN
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Malnutrition and infection

Medicine, 2001
Abstract The term ‘malnutrition' usually refers to macronutrient malnutrition, though individuals may also be malnourished in terms of micronutrients. Worldwide, it is commonly associated with poverty. Malnutrition is a risk factor that increases susceptibility to and severity of infections by its effects on both innate and adaptive immunity.
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THE ECONOMICS OF MALNUTRITION

Nutrition Reviews, 2009
Despite extensive information on the adverse physical and psychological consequences of malnutrition, there is little information on its economic consequences. International studies suggest that disease-related malnutrition increases hospital costs by 30-70%.
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Malnutrition and sarcopenia

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 2019
Risk for or established malnutrition is frequent in older adults, accompanied by functional limitations, increased morbidity and mortality. Protein-energy malnutrition is often observed and leads besides other predisposing factors to sarcopenia, the increased loss of muscle mass with aging.
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